André Maurois

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André Maurois

André Maurois , actually Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog (born July 26, 1885 in Elbeuf , Seine-Maritime department ; † October 9, 1967 in Neuilly-sur-Seine , Hauts-de-Seine department ), was a French writer , literary scholar and historian .

Life

Maurois came from Alsace . After his military service in the First World War , the heir of a textile factory put his immediate experiences into literary success in the successor of his teacher, the positivist philosopher Alain . He looked for the basic human values in the everyday life of work and the struggle for existence . Alain's suggestion was an incentive to think freely; socialism was a means of preventing unnecessary injustice. In Bernard Quesnay in particular, Maurois developed a model of social progress that relies on mutual trust between employees and employers .

On June 23, 1938, Maurois was accepted as the successor to the late literary historian René Doumic in the Académie française ( armchair 26 ).

With regard to the development of the individual, Maurois emphasizes the importance of childhood experiences and the crucial time in human awareness. However, he defends himself against a fatalistic overestimation of these factors and advocates that people themselves should be responsible for their actions, actions and success (cf. Le cercle de famille ).

Works (selection)

History books
  • Germany. History in pictures (“Histoire d'Allemagne”). Kindler, Munich 1965 (translated by Sigrid Stahlmann).
  • England. History in pictures (“Histoire d'Angleterre”). Kindler, Munich 1963 (translated by Peter de Mendelssohn ) (former title The History of England ).
  • The history of America ("Histoire des Etats-Unis"). Rascher, Zurich 1947 (translated by Werner Johannes Guggenheim).
  • The history of France ("Histoire de la France"). Rascher, Zurich 1951 (translated by Christine Fritzsche-Dolgner).
  • The tragedy of France (“Tragédie en France”, 1941). Rascher, Zurich 1941 (translated by Walther Weibel).
Biographies
Novels
  • Claire or Land of Promise. Roman ("Terre promise"). Kindler, Munich 1963.
  • In the family circle (“Le cercle de famille”). Rascher-Verlag, Zurich 1943.
  • Instinct for happiness ("L'instinct du bonheur"). Piper, Munich 1934.
  • Roses in september. Roman ("Les Roses De Septembre"). Kindler, Munich 1957.
  • School for married couples. A book for married couples and everyone who wants to become one (“Cours de bonheur conjugal”). Goldmann, Munich 1955.
  • Changes of love ("Climats"). List-Verlag, Munich 1955 (List books; 58).
  • Fragments of a world history. Published by the University of Timbuktu in 2025 (“Fragments d'une histoire universelle”). Verlag Europäische Bücherei, Bonn 1948 (translated by Wilhelm Maria Lüsberg).

Film adaptations

literature

  • Judith Kaufmann: Aspects d'André Maurois biographe . Diffusion Orphys, Parie 1980 (also dissertation, University of Strasbourg 1975).
  • Jack Kolbert: The works of André Maurois . University Press, Selinsgrove 1985, ISBN 0-941664-16-3 .
  • Jacques Suffel: André Maurois . Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris 1977, ISBN 2-7177-1378-6 .
  • Étienne Wolff (Ed.): Centenaire d'André Maurois (1885-1985) . Académie française, Paris 1985.

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personal data
SURNAME Maurois, André
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Herzog, Émile; Herzog, Émile Salomon Wilhelm; Maurois, Emile; Morua, Andre; Moroa, Andore
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French writer and literary scholar
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Elbeuf , Seine-Maritime department
DATE OF DEATH October 9, 1967
Place of death Neuilly-sur-Seine , Hauts-de-Seine department